When Ann Maria Nelson was born about 1810, in LaGrange, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Joshua Nelson, was 26 and her mother, Jemima Nelson, was 19. She married Burtis D Ferguson about 1827, in Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Philipstown, Putnam, New York, United States in 1870. She died on 31 August 1901, in Cold Spring, Philipstown, Putnam, New York, United States, at the age of 92.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1812: Putnam, New York, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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